Archive for the ‘My Sculptures’ Category

There is the Harper’s magazine article titled “Damage Control” in the December 2013 issue which surveys the tide that the 20th century artists ride …

Ben Lerner gives us the tale of The Salvage Art Institute (SAI) founded by the artist Elka Krajewska in which she buys “valueless” art which has been damaged, gone thru the insurance appraisal process, and stored in a warehouse … never to be seen again.

My piece is in a clear egg carton, with dyed, blown eggs, each of which has a cutout from a magazine with an X across it. These photos of “art” are then crushed by lowering the lid of the egg carton which “deconstructs” the whole object, leaving it in pieces.

Deconstruction by Mary P. Williams

The article is thoughtful, educational, and will give you a hearty laugh! Click here to go to Harper’s Magazine

Instead of a cold refreshing glass of ….. ? ….. let me pour you a warm glass of pollution cocktail. It consists of a discarded plastic bucket filled with a vile, chemical-smelling mixture of old, burned items. The cocktail is garnished with a spear of Aloe and a chunk of coal and is wrapped in sugarcane leaves and moldy palm fronds. All these items were found on one square yard of earth by the side of a road.

As the Election year rushes toward its conclusion more upheavals occur in our society and in the world. My previous work was a painting, or more accurately, 17 small canvases ascending in a wider and wider pattern. The sculpture seen here shows layers and layers of color pushing up to a final red outpouring of lava, sentiment, and violent emotions of the body politic.

Explosion II

Is anyone in control of our destiny as a nation ? Or are we too divided in our world views?

Explosion II

The piece is 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide, constructed out of watercolor paper, painted with watercolors, and glued together. Title : Explosion II